manager was pushed in the chest by a pitch invader during his side’s 2-2 draw with at Elland Road on Saturday.
The incident occurred during the closing stages of injury time as a man evaded security to reach the technical area where he then confronted Howe.
The man grabbed Howe’s arm and pushed him in the chest before Newcastle’s coaching staff intervened.
The man was then led away towards the tunnel by security.
When asked about the confrontation after the game, Howe said: ‘That was a real surprise, I was concentrating on the game.
‘It was the last thing I was expecting.’
Leeds got off to the perfect start against Newcastle as Luke Ayling put Sam Allardyce’s side ahead in the seventh minute.
Two penalties from Callum Wilson then gave Newcastle the lead but Rasmus Kristensen’s equaliser with 11 minutes remaining rescued a point for Leeds, who also had Junior Firpo sent off in injury time.
The result leaves Leeds 18th in the Premier League and a point behind 17th-placed Everton, who play Manchester City on Sunday.
Newcastle, meanwhile, remain third in the table following the draw at Elland Road and seven points from their remaining three Premier League games will be enough to secure a top-four finish.
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